The marquee session of the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad is upon us! We’ve got a possible nationals preview as a quartet of teams with title aspirations are about to square off just outside of Salt Lake City. The two-time defending NCAA champion Sooners started the season with the best score of last weekend to pick up where they left off—on top—while the Utes and Tigers enter with momentum as well with Week 1 wins.
This meet is overloaded with starpower, as all four programs are deep with athletes who can challenge for event titles and perfect 10s. LSU’s Haleigh Bryant opens as the all-around favorite after posting the highest score of opening weekend, but Oklahoma’s Faith Torrez and Jordan Bowers were less than a tenth behind. Don’t forget that fellow Sooners Audrey Davis and Katherine LeVasseur, along with Bruin Selena Harris, were within three tenths of the top spot, too.
We’ve also got plenty of standout event specialists who’ve been incredible all arounders at times to keep an eye on as well. Grace McCallum sat out vault last week but is always a factor when she competes all four, as well as teammate and reigning NCAA all-around champion Maile O’Keefe who also sat out vault but earned the 2024 season’s first perfect 10 of the…